This is how we do gingerbread...

Two days before Christmas, my mom took my sister Melissa, my best friend Rebekah, and I to see the Walla Walla Gingerbread house copetiton display at the Marcus Whitman Hotel. I absolutely loved all the little details and the hours that must have gone into these creations. I hope you enjoy them too!

Left to Right: Rachel, Rebekah, and Melissa

This is a model of the Marcus Whitman Hotel.

I really liked the colored glass windows made out of melted candy!

I love the details on this one - check out hte picture in the window!

 

The Aftermath

Little shreds a sparkling

Beneath the spicy Doug;

Snips of paper scattered

Across the scarlet rug.

Boxes here, ribbons there,

Ties of mangled metal;

Small bells and colored bows

Snug in nettles settle.

The rush scarcely over -

The children all in bed

Special dishes eaten

The age-old story read

A soft candle flickers

Stars gently light the night

Babe in stable sleeping -

All is calm, all is bright.

~By Rachel Petrello ~

This is a very colorful modle of the Power House Theater

That's Marylin Manroe inside!

  

This is the train depot.

The clear bubbly windows shows there are details inside!

This is a more realistic version of the Power House Theater.

I love the peanut-butter cup seats inside!

Silly pictures...

Which did you like the best?

This is how we do hiking...

These pictures were taken on a hike up Bontani Valley on a Sabbath afternoon. The spot is not too far from Fountainview Academy. While on the hike, my friends and I decided to pretend we were Israelites - Moses, Aaron, and Miriam - on the way to the promised land! In the process we crossed two big puddles (the Red Sea and Jordan River), fought off armies with our swords (whacked bushes with sticks), made it to the promised land so we could have honey on our biscuits, marched around Jericho (ran around the bus), stoned Achon (pretended to stone poor Cho John), and appointed Joshua as leader (Shannon). Then we loaded the bus and headed back to campus. What a great Sabbath! Enjoy these shots!

"You never climb the same mountain twice, not even in memory. Memory rebuilds the mountain, changes the weather, retells the jokes, remakes all the moves." ~ Lito Tejada-Flores

"Climbing is as close as we can come to flying." ~ Margaret Young

"After a day's walk everything has twice its usual value." ~ George Macauley Trevelyan

"I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it." ~ Unknown

"Come climb the hill with me

Come and be still with me

Come watch the sun sink away

If you will with me

Come watch the garden grow

Down by the gravel road

Come warm you hands in the gold

Of the afterglow

Into the peace of these wild things,

Into the wilds of this grace,

Into the grace of this blessing,

Speak in the peace of this place

Come walk the cedar stand

Over the broken dam

Sit on the bench at the bend

In the trail again

Look how the children laugh

Out in the tumble grass

Bright as a fire

And as fine as a photograph

(chorus)

Here at the magic hour

Time and eternity

Mingle a moment in chorus

Here at the magic hour

Bright is the mystery

Plain is the beauty before us

Could this beauty be for us?

What is that voice that sings

Holy and hovering

Over this hill in the sill of the evening?

Son of God, speak.

(chorus)

~ The Magic Hour ~ Andrew Peterson



This is how we do my little sister...

These are my sissy's sophomore pictures that I snatched off of her facebook and edited...he he he...enjoy!

This one is my favorite! Isn't she so pretty?

"In the cookies of life, sisters are the chocolate chips." ~ Author Unknown

"A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost." ~ Marion C. Garretty

"A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double." ~ Toni Morrison

Love you Missy!

This is how we do Allie's Sophomore pics...

These are pictures taken during the Steps to Christ tour my sophomore year at Fountainview Academy, Spring 2009. I edited them a long time ago too, so I hope you enjoy my adolescent skills!
Haha! She looks so little!

"Beauty is God's handwriting." ~ Charles Kingsley

"A friend is someone who knows all about you, but loves you anyways." ~ Anonymous

"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand." ~ Unknown



This is how we do my junior pictures...

Hey 'yall! So these are some of my junior pictures from Fall/Spring 2009-2010. I have re-edited some of them, do to my much more extensive knowledge in the area of color schemes.

I hope you enjoy them! Pardon my much younger-looking face!

These first ones are the ones I re-edited

"If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music."

~Gustav Mahler

"Be yourself - who else is better qualified?" ~ Unknown

"A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere." ~ Joyce A. Myers

"And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see." ~ Donald Cargill

"Don't frown - you never know who is falling in love with your smile." ~ Unknown

"One loses many laughs by not laughing at oneself." ~ Mary Englebreit

"God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him." ~ Jim Elliot

"A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil." ~ Victor Hugo

"Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee." ~ Joseph Barber Lightfoot

These next ones are the ones I gave out as my official junior pictures:

 "In a gentle way, you can shake the world." ~ Mohandas Gandhi

"I like her because she smiles at me and means it." ~ Anonymous

This one is just silly... he he he ...

"A day without laughter is a day wasted." ~ Charlie Chaplin

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." ~ Mother Teresa

"After all, a girl is - well, a girl. It's nice to be told you're successful at it." ~ Rita Hayworth

This is one of my favorite shots

I played with the color scheme on this one. Which do you like better?

"I won't mess with your head, or play with your heart. Because I'm a real girl and I finish what I start." ~ Unknown

"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money." ~ Thomas Jefferson

"I like it when a guy makes me feel like a woman and a little girl at the same time." ~ Tara Reid

"God loves you just the way you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.

 He wants you to be just like Jesus." ~ Max Lucado

"Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."

 ~ Swami Sivanada

"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence